What was the biggest All-Star Game roster mistake?

Craig Custance: I know Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews agrees with this opinion, so I don't feel bad saying it: Artemi Panarin should be on the All-Star team instead of him. Toews can play on my team anytime, unless it's the All-Star Game celebrating the accomplishments of this season. In that case, his seven goals and 13 assists through 34 games just don't cut it. Panarin, meanwhile, is following up his rookie season at nearly a point-per-game pace. With 17 goals in 43 games, his goal scoring is up slightly over last season. He makes the players around him better, including Patrick Kane. He's an All-Star in every sense of the word. He deserves to be in L.A.

Scott Burnside: I'm getting ahead of the curve on this one because I know this is a motherhood issue for Pierre and he'll go on and on about All-Star for days. For me, the All-Star Game should be about players who are having exceptional seasons, not just players who have names that fans recognize (although I get the allure of that from a marketing standpoint). So who deserves to be in Los Angeles more than Cam Atkinson of the Columbus Blue Jackets? Very few. Atkinson scored his 20th goal of the season on Tuesday night. He's the poster boy for what has made Columbus the story of the first half. It's a shame he won't be in Los Angeles to bask in the kind of limelight that his exceptional play warrants.

Auston Matthews has more than lived up to his hype, piling up points and making highlight-worthy plays nearly every game. So the Leafs' budding legend again leads the young guns' charge.

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Joe McDonald: Without a doubt, the Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele should be an All-Star. Teammate (and rookie sensation) Patrik Laine has earned a lot of attention this season -- and rightfully so -- for his production and ability to entertain fans. The No. 2 overall pick in last June's draft deserves to an All-Star, but Scheifele has been outstanding for the Jets as a two-way center. He already has 17 goals and 20 assists for 37 points in 40 games, and the Jets wouldn't be in the playoff race without him.

Pierre LeBrun: Ha ha, Scotty, yes indeed, I would need to pretend to care about the All-Star Game in order to actually take this question seriously. But as I said on the podcast when pressed on this (zzzzz), why not tap into the Team North America love-in from the World Cup and put on as many young players as possible? Who no Dylan Larkin? Or Jack Eichel? I don't care what their numbers are this season, they're players whom young hockey fans want to watch. And the All-Star Game is for young fans, kids from ages 6 through 18 -- they're the ones who still care about this event. OK, that's all I got. Cue the Jim Mora playoff rant voice except replace Mora with me and "playoffs" with "All-Star." "All-Star? All-Star?"